Climate Change Convention

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC ) is an international environmental treaty, launched at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, in June 1992. It aims at stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Annual meetings among the parties, abbreviated as COPs, are organized. Tropical forests entered with force into the agenda of the UNFCCC since the COP in Bali in 2007 launched a “roadmap” for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (see under REDD).

The 21st Conference of Parties of the Convention about the issue of Climate Changes will take place in Paris, France, between 30 November and 11 December.
In this section we have put together some materials about the false solutions that...

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) entered into force in 1994, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. The Conference of the Parties (COP) was designated as the supreme governing...

The 19th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC and the 9th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol will take place from 11 to 22 November. The conference will be...

Cancun, December 9, 2010
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Women and organizations at the 16th Conference of...

WRM contribution to the Convention on Climate Change
Forests, everyone knows, are good for the climate – which makes it all the more important that governments and international community should work to protect them. But many current...

The solution to climate change –which is already happening and being suffered by millions of people around the world– is in theory quite simple: to substantially reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, particularly carbon...

By Larry Lohmann
Even the smallest changes in the earth’s climate have always made a big difference to human societies. When a volcanic eruption in 535 AD brought about slightly cooler, drier weather, the results included...

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela called on movements and social organizations from around the globe to gather in the Margarita Island, on July 15-18, to prepare their participation in the social pre-summit on climate change, which...

Official documents adopted by more than 178 Governments at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) – the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3 to 14 June 1992:
Documents
Agenda 21...

Marrakech declaration against the summit of false solutions and for a fair and sustainable future for all peoples. For real alternatives to preserve environmental balances and recognise climate justice, For a fair and sustainable future...

The India Climate Justice Collective has released the fifth issue of the “Mausam” magazine. This time the focus is on India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution, submitted to the UN Climate Convention in October, to which...

By Carbon Trade Watch.
After over 20 years of international climate change negotiations, talks continue to move further away from identifying the root causes of the climate crisis. These short, sharp articles highlight years of struggle,...

For decades, governments and intergovernmental agencies like the UN or the World Bank have been busy finding ways to allow the flow of large investments and projects to go on – no matter the consequences. Despite fossil fuels being the...

We, the signatories of this declaration, are calling on the European Union (EU) to exclude bioenergy from its next Renewable Energy Directive (RED), and thereby stop direct and indirect subsidies for renewable energy from biofuels...

The India Climate Justice collective has published the third issue of the Mausam magazine aiming to facilitate constructive and creative debates on climate issues. It attempts to connect these issues to local struggles over natural...

By FERN.
Although no progress was made toward a new global climate treaty at the 19th Conference of the Parties (COP19) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in November in Warsaw, decisions were made concerning...

Friends of the Earth Africa.
Commemoration of saro-wiwa murder reinforces demand to wean off dirty energy.
NOVEMBER 10, 2013  As the world commemorates the anniversary of the murder of playwright and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, remembrance...

The Global Forest Coalition launched a new report on ‘REDD+ and the Underlying Causes of Deforestation and forest Degradation’ based on five case studies in Brazil, Colombia, India, Uganda and Tanzania elaborated by national...

By Rebecca Sommer
At the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Indigenous participants are increasingly concerned about REDD.
REDD stands for “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation”. The idea, as agreed by United...

Heredia, 28 March 2009
We, organisations of civil society from every continent, have met in Costa Rica between 24 and 28 March to share experiences, visit peasant communities, think and present proposals on the question of climate,...

Poznan, December 6. GenderCC, a worldwide network whose main objective is to integrate gender justice in climate change policy at local, national and international levels, has submitted today to the Secretariat of the UNFCC and is...

San Francisco, May 2000
We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations, wish to express extreme concern about the role envisaged for tree plantations in helping industrialized countries meet their commitments to reduce greenhouse gas...

Buenos Aires, November 1998
Declaration
The WRM is deeply concerned about the direction in which the climate change negotiations seem to be leading, particularly after the Kyoto Protocol. A great number of Northern governments appear to be...

Produced by Gender CC, Women for Climate Justice , with the support of the WRM International Secretariat
Directed by Flavio Pazos
Voice: Lori Nordstrom
Based on the work of:
Ana Filippini – WRM
Andrea Guzmán – CENPROTAC,...